. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 59 GAULTHERIA PROGUMBENS L. Wintergreen, teaberry. Ericaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. 234.—A low, running, ever- green, aromatic shrub up to 6 inches tall; stems creeping, subterranean; branches erect, simple, woolly hairy, leafy at the top; leaves oval to orbicular, leathery, thick, up to 2 inches long, short-petioled; flowers white, small, waxy, urn-shaped, solitary in the leaf axils; fruit bright red, small, flattened globose, mealy, spicy, ad- hering until spring. The herb and leaves collected in the fall. Ra
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 59 GAULTHERIA PROGUMBENS L. Wintergreen, teaberry. Ericaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. 234.—A low, running, ever- green, aromatic shrub up to 6 inches tall; stems creeping, subterranean; branches erect, simple, woolly hairy, leafy at the top; leaves oval to orbicular, leathery, thick, up to 2 inches long, short-petioled; flowers white, small, waxy, urn-shaped, solitary in the leaf axils; fruit bright red, small, flattened globose, mealy, spicy, ad- hering until spring. The herb and leaves collected in the fall. Rare, or perhaps now extinct, along the Lake Michigan shore. Contains the glucoside gauhherin, tannin, and the crystalline principles arbutin, erico- lin, and ursone; gaultherin, upon hydrolysis, yields volatile oil of gaultheria (wintergreen oil), which consists mostly of methyl sali- cylate. Used as an aromatic stimulant, as a flavoring agent, and in rheumatic GENTIANA SAPONARIA L. Soap- wort gentian, blue gentian. Gentian- aceae.—An ascending or erect, simple or short-branched, usually smooth herb 1 to 2l/2 feet tall, perennial; stems slender, round, leafy; leaves lanceolate, opposite, entire, 3- to 5-nerved, rough-margined; flowers blue, 1 to 2 inches long, sessile in terminal and axillary clusters of 1 to 5; fruit a short-stalked capsule. The root collected. Infrequent in sandy- oak woods in northeastern counties and in dry woods in the Ozark region of the state. Contains tannin in small amount, the glucoside gentiin, and the bitter principle gentiamarin. Used as a simple Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tehon, L. R. (Leo Roy), 1895-1954. Urbana, Ill. : Natural History Survey Division
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